Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-11-18

speaking with intense though quiet en-
joymcnt, he pat il ike this: james
W. Dunn. my client he says. claims
pay at the rate of five pound a day for
TIE use Of his wheel. durin' ei"hteel.-
months voyage. 1t his wheel. isn't
il? he had to pay for it. and there : the
name on the rim. The ships had the
use Of it all this while. and Il ship cant
get along without wheel no bctter'n
without compass says the lawyer.
and You can settle it right now. or
else ell take it up to the adm rally
court "
Wasn't he smart, and did the own
ers have to pay it?' exclaimed and
questioned Polly in the same breath
Captain fa-!Et nodded ali ttiiiifhfative.
"And so the sailor got Il bic lot of
money! put in Tad, as an interroga-
tive.
He cot what the lawyer left. most
likely" returned Captain Flag. rather
dryly-which slight reflection against
the legal professions was, fortunately,
]
The sun disappeared behind the ocean
rim, and after supper the side-lights
were put out, and Tad instructed as to
the duties of lookout; for now the
Mary j." was headed right out to-
ward the open sea, which looked terri
bly, dark and cold to Tad's astonished
eyes. particularly as there was no such
thing as sign Of land anywhere to be
seen, excepting the low sandy cape
shores astern, which were fast disap-
pearing in the distance and increasing
darkness.
Before sending the youthful mariner
for ard, Captain Flagg called him be-
low, and gravely commanded him to
put on some wcll-worn under-flannels,
several sizes too large, which, however.
Tad found very comfortable, a pea
Jacket, within whose capacious folds
three or four boys of Tad's dimensions
could have been buttoned, and large
fur cap. which, only for resting on the
rims of his ears, would have complete
ly extinguished him.
"You don't look so stylish as you
might" Captain Flagg acknowledged
after Tad had effected the required
change, "but sailors go in for comfort
MORN style;" with which assurance
Tad-conscious that he looked rathe
funny, to say the least-was fain to b,
comforted. indeed, the most tina
: troubled MIN was the fear that Mis-
Polly might possibly laugh when h
ventured on deck. But, though Poll,
had been brought up in the country
she had too much natural politeness t,
laugh; yet it must be confessed that tn,
depths of the deep sun-bonnet hid
dimple OF two, as Tad waddled for
ward, wondering what the matte
could be with the water to make thu
vessel tumble about so.
CHAPTERv.
D Darker and darker grew the night
the wind sounded more and NOR
y drcary, the vessel tossed about in wha
seemed to Tad terribly dangerou
manner, while he began to feel an I'm
: pleasant nausea, which recalled hi
first and last experience in trying t.
: smoke a five-cent cigar.
e II wonder if amt going to be sea
d sick" thought Tad, with terribl
$ sinking sensation in the neighborhoot
= of his stomach. 1t was fortunate tina
: none of the PARKWAY dots Of red an,
:. green, which represented the lights o
distant ships, came very near the tract
:, of the MARY j." for the unfortunat
o lookout very soon became insensible t
e every thing but his own sufferings.
It When Eph came forward to strik
o the bell, poor Tad was whooping owe
the rail, in all the agonies of sea-sick
l. ness, which was not made a particl
a less painful by Eph's assertion that j
h wasn't nothin' killin'-he'd soon PC
8 over it. Meanwhile
1.-THE storm grew loud apace,
, The water wrath was shrieking."
8 And as Captain Flagg glanced at tn
d compass and the sky, he expressed
d wish that he'd "come to anchor in tn
e lower bay, and hung on till mornin'.
n But wishing availed nothing. no,
t that the "Mary j." was well out t
It sea, with the March wind blowing hal
7. gale offshore. And as the next bes
= thing to being anchored was laying tn
l. schooner to, the Captain shouted as
" preliminary warning:
d "All hans short'n salt"
"All hands, came tumbling aft-tha
r IS. Eph and q. Washington Jones did
- - Tad himself was already there, havin
. crawled into the very centre of a bi
y coil of rope, where he huddled down a
. in big bird's-nest, groaning and sigh
ing, and occasionally family calm
, upon some one to cas-. him into tn
> depths of the sea. Captain Flagg wa
~ on the quarterback, too, his heav
a. gum-boots seeming to appear in half
4 dozen places simultaneously, as h
- pulled, and hauled, and shouted, in tn
ensuing operation of reefing, Will
Polly, enwrapped as to her slim forr
in sort of feminine storm-coat G
waterproof cloth. which buttone
tightly about ner, and an Oil-skin ha
fastened under her plump chin, stoo
holding the wheel, in obedience to he
fathers CHEEKY commands.
All that took place was to Tad's BIZ
wildered mind terrible complicate
experience. He knew that while tn
MARY j." was pitching and tossin
and rolling in all sorts of ways, tn
sails were lowered part way down tn
mast. where they hung banging an
Stating in a most exasperating man
ner. And he was dimly conscious 9
seeing Eph's long legs astride tn
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